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Offline FlintCreekMan

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Please help.
« on: April 11, 2012, 08:43:38 PM »
Hello. Although I no longer have an Eagle I am still a huge fan of the car and the make. Actually the Eagle is now my dream car. I used to have an 82 AMC Eagle sx/4 sport. I have heard the thing where you never forget your first car. and I sure believe it, however my case is much more than that. I loved my car. It suited my needs so perfectly. I am an avid outdoorsman and I love being in natural water, it's sorta my thing. I love swimming in creeks and rivers much more than the next man. My Eagle gave me the oppurtunity to do things such as that much more! I was able to drive down the highway where I used to live and then turn off the ramp on this little bridge and drive down into the creek and through it to my swimming hole whenever I wanted. Whether it be after school or in the summer or anytime I wanted. My friends found it to be very useful as well. I got many people stuck out of the mudpits by my house as well as the creeks and rivers I often went to. My car proved itself to be much more capable of any of the trucks and Jeeps that is helped get unstuck. All of this while still getting more than decent gas mileage. It was perfect. But after awhile my mother decided it was ugly and I had to get rid of it. To please her I traded it for a convertible 92 convertible mustang. The guy with the mustang said he had the same kind of Eagle in highschool and that was why he was making the trade. He said he was a big fan of the car and how no problem with it. The guys said he had a few things wrong with the mustang and he would be back out with the parts he already ordered to fix it for me for free. He said he was glad to have an Eagle again. After he left the mustang fell to pieces and all the numbers and emails he gave me were fake or wrong. He dissappeared. I literally laid in my bed and cried at the loss of my car. I named him Spencer. You may think it crazy to be so attached to an "ugly hunk of junk" but I saw more in that car than I see in any modern piece of plastic on the roads today. AMC really knew what they were doing. In any case that was years ago but I still have never gotten over it. I am working a full time job now and am saving up money for a car. If anyone could help me get another Eagle I would be more than eternally grateful.

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                                                                          FlintCreekMan
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Re: Please help.
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2012, 10:05:25 PM »
Welcome from a fellow Arkansan, we (as Arkansan members) are a pretty rare breed in itself.
Were you the one that had the red sport SX/4 about 2 years ago or so back? I remember one up that way for sale, that was during my SX/4 hunt, but you had sold it by the time I got ahold of you (if you are the same person that is).
Eagles (let alone SX/4's) are hard to come by here, as I have found out. But there seems to be more Eagles up around Missouri that pop up from time to time.
There was a wagon in Clarksville, AR at a used car dealership, but it has been awhile since I have drove by that location so I am not sure if it has sold or not.
Are you looking for an SX/4 or any model Eagle?
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Re: Please help.
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 01:48:58 PM »
Another Midwesterner! :)

I hail from MO and would love to get together with you AR peeps sometime. There are currently a few Wagons I know of for sale in the MO area. Including one of my own which needs mucho work! Does have a running engine, but needs a water pump to be driven. Also need some front brake work and is overall just not in very good condition.

Here is the link for my '80 wagon:
http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=38435.0

I just posted about an '84 wagon that is for sale in Lebanon, MO and it's much nicer than mine and a bit cheaper. Also needs some things though. Needs a carb, battery, possibly valve cover, and it's just been sitting for awhile so no telling what else it may need to be safely driven on the road. Interior is nice though and it has all the options available.

Here is the post I made for that one:
http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=38551.0
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